Seasonal Rainfall, Shrub Cover and Soil Properties Drive Production of Winter Annuals in the Northern Sonoran Desert

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• annual plant 100%
• net primary production 67%
• shrub 64%
• soil property 61%
• desert 58%
• rainfall 44%
• winter 42%
• nutrient availability 31%
• resource 31%
• gravel 25%
• pollinator 18%
• plant production 17%
• nutrient enrichment 16%
• nitrogen 16%
• ecosystem 16%
• resource availability 16%
• soil nutrient 15%
• climate 15%
• annual variation 13%
• effect 13%
• primary production 13%
• growing season 12%
• urbanization 11%
• human activity 10%
• phosphorus 10%
• experiment 5%
• water 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• Sonoran Desert 98%
• winter annuals 95%
• net primary productivity 73%
• soil properties 70%
• shrubs 60%
• rain 54%
• gravel 33%
• nutrient availability 29%
• ecosystems 21%
• plant growth 20%
• primary productivity 16%
• eutrophication 16%
• nitrogen 16%
• urbanization 16%
• anthropogenic activities 14%
• pollinators 14%
• soil nutrients 14%
• herbivores 11%
• climate change 11%
• growing season 11%
• climate 11%
• phosphorus 10%
• winter 9%
• water 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Nutrient 75%
• Plant Growth 64%
• Soil 59%
• Ecosystem 56%
• Nitrogen 28%
• Phosphorus(.) 19%
• Surface 14%
• Amount 10%